See Also: beggar 2, verb(dictionary)
beggar(1)(dictionary)
BEGGAR(law)
beggar(2)(dictionary)
beggar 1, noun(dictionary)
Beggar - Poker(gambling)
Beggar thy neighbor(finance)
Beggar-thy-neighbor(money)
beggar's lice(medicine)
Beggar's Opera, The(dictionary)

apricot (oh) and beggar 2, verb (oh)


apricot (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: abricot, from Arabic al-birquq 'the apricot']
[C] a small round fruit that is orange or yellow and has a single large seed
[U] the orange-yellow colour of an apricot
-- apricot adj

beggar 2, verb (oh)



2 v [T]
beggar description/belief
if something beggars description or belief, it is impossible to describe or believe it
::They showed a lack of common sense that beggars belief.
literary to make someone very poor
::Why should he beggar himself for you?